832.00 Revolutions/143: Telegram
The Ambassador in Brazil ( Morgan ) to the Secretary of State
Rio de
Janeiro
, October
24, 1930—11 a.m.
[Received 11:50 a.m.]
[Received 11:50 a.m.]
122. Federal Government during the night losing control of forts and barracks in this city. At 9 a.m. signal guns were fired summoning revolutionary sympathizers to force the President to resign. Cannot as yet connect with any of the flying reports regarding the President’s action. Public order not seriously disturbed.
Morgan